Dalton Grados

Futures Trader | CFA Level II Candidate | Licensed Financial Advisor, but nothing I say here is Financial Advice

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@Patrickwieland The only ETF you need! 😅

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@TheOneLanceB @smbcapital This is what people need to hear. This guy is full time at a firm with the best resources and it still took years. I’m 5 years in and feel like I just now put FOMO to rest lol

[Lance Breitstein 🇺🇸🌎 @TheOneLanceB]

THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES

For years I’ve been working with a trader at @smbcapital. He’s been trading for FOUR YEARS without making a paycheck.

Nice guy, hard worker, diverse skillset. Shows up with a smile. He’s been living in NYC on $900 rent, doing whatever it takes to extend his runway to make it at this job.

He’s on a team that has helped him expand his playbook. As of this month, he made back all his desk fees and is getting his first paycheck!

Not only that, this year’s success has been a feedback loop of increased confidence and increased risk limits for him. This week he had an $80,000 trade!

You will never see on Twitter or on Instagram, someone bragging that they haven’t made money for four years. That they live in NYC on $900 rent (trust me, that ain’t gona have a 3-car garage w green Lambos). But that is the reality for so many out there.

This job is REALLY FUCKING HARD! And you need to give yourself YEARS OF RUNWAY. EVEN AT A FIRM!

The trader still has a long road ahead before he can sit back on his laurels. In fact, maybe as traders, we can never sit back. But if he keeps working hard, the sky is the limit for this young man.

Win or lose, I respect everyone that is sacrificing to make it at this game.

It’s a beautiful summer day in NYC. Beautiful time to be alive! Enjoy it. Work hard. And I’ll do my best to help all of you, whether in-person or virtually.

Proud of you, SV! Bigger days ahead, keep sacrificing!

[Dalton Grados @DaltonGrados]

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My setups:

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The TopstepX stats went away since the account passed. Here's summary dashboard. Taking 1:1s with a better than 50% win rate.

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Passed my @Topstep combine today! Stayed patient and persistent. Posting stats in next tweet.

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Beautiful trade this morning, close to passing this @Topstep combine!

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Small green so far today. Got out of a -428 drawdown!

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Great day so far

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Ended here. Not much going on, sat on hands mostly and stayed alive.

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Not much going on today in ES/NQ. Small profit so far, field testing Gold trades on Sim to try to incorporate it into my toolbox.

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Trading Adam Mancini's "Failed Breakdown" Setup https://t.co/HLdg1d5C9C

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Not much going on today in ES/NQ. Small profit so far, field testing Gold trades on Sim to try to incorporate it into my toolbox.

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@ktran55 Bro. Followed you just for this. We in this together 👊

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@Schwartz4_MD1st How does having a TS live account compare to just using your own brokerage?

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Small day, might be done we'll see. Didn't chase the morning run.

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Great stats today scalping ES

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Today has probably been my worst trading ever. Blew 3/4 combines. Only took one trade running too far against me to ignite the spiral. Very disappointing

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Recovering. Copied x3 accounts.

[Lance Breitstein 🇺🇸🌎 @TheOneLanceB]

How to succeed at trading:

Only trade when you have proven edge, while utilizing paper trading or 1 share positions when developing strategies. (Yes, your ego will survive)